QUETTA, Feb 9: The two gas pipelines, which were damaged by explosions near Dera Murad Jamali on Tuesday, were blown up again in the Shori area of Nasirabad district on Wednesday night.

The pipelines were blown up at around 11pm just three hours after they had been repaired and gas supply restored to different areas.

Sui Southern Gas Company spokesman Inayatullah Ismail told Dawn the main pipelines of 12 and 18 inches diameter were blown up in the Notal area and gas supply had been suspended to Quetta, Mastung, Kalat, Sibi, Bolan, Pishin and Ziarat districts of Balochistan.

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